A man was shot multiple times and killed early Saturday morning in Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to the city police department.
Officers responded to the call of a man being shot saround 1:21 a.m. in front of the Brevoort Houses on Bainbridge Street near Ralph Avenue.
When they arrived, they found Charles Byrd, 26, with multiple gunshot wounds in his torso, according to the police report.
Byrd was taken to Interfaith Hospital, police said, where he was pronounced dead.
Neighbors described Byrd as a smart, genuine man.
“Hearing about this is so saddening because knowing that the only thing he wanted to do was make it out of this environment and do positive things with his life," one neighbor said.
"And for his life to be taken away at such a young age -- his friends, everybody is so heartbroken," she continued.
There have been no arrests, and police are investigating.